Ex Parte CHESTER et al - Page 1



        The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not          
        written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.          
                                                              Paper No. 30          

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                    __________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                    __________                                      
                             Ex parte ARTHUR W. CHESTER,                            
                                      KE LIU,                                       
                                        and                                         
                                   ROBERT A. WARE                                   
                                    __________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2002-2057                                
                             Application No. 09/351,147                             
                                    ___________                                     
                                HEARD: Mar. 20, 2003                                
                                    ___________                                     
         Before WARREN, WALTZ, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent                  
         Judges.                                                                    
         DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 
              This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                 
         (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through             
         10 (final Office action mailed Oct. 22, 2001, paper 18), which             
         are all the claims pending in the above-identified application.            
              The subject matter on appeal relates to a process for                 
         converting a C4+ naphtha hydrocarbon feed to a product including           





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